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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Ezekiel 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/7.htm" title="Ezekiel 7">◄</a> Ezekiel 8 <a href="../ezekiel/9.htm" title="Ezekiel 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/ezekiel/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Idolatry in the Temple</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then on September 17,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I saw a figure that appeared to be a man.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> From what appeared to be his waist down, he looked like a burning flame. From the waist up he looked like gleaming amber.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from God. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the LORD very jealous. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there, just as I had seen it before in the valley.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” So I looked, and there to the north, beside the entrance to the gate near the altar, stood the idol that had made the LORD so jealous.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Son of man,” he said, “do you see what they are doing? Do you see the detestable sins the people of Israel are committing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even more detestable sins than these!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he brought me to the door of the Temple courtyard, where I could see a hole in the wall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He said to me, “Now, son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and found a hidden doorway.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Go in,” he said, “and see the wicked and detestable sins they are committing in there!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So I went in and saw the walls covered with engravings of all kinds of crawling animals and detestable creatures. I also saw the various idols<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> worshiped by the people of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the LORD added, “Come, and I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He brought me to the north gate of the LORD’s Temple, and some women were sitting there, weeping for the god Tammuz. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Have you seen this?” he asked. “But I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD’s Temple. At the entrance to the sanctuary, between the entry room and the bronze altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary of the LORD. They were facing east, bowing low to the ground, worshiping the sun!</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">on the fifth [day] of the sixth month,</span><span class="ft"> of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on September 17, 592 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><span class="ft">; also see note on 1:1.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:2a </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">appeared to be fire.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:2b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">like burnished metal.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term (literally </span><span class="it">round things</span><span class="ft">) probably alludes to dung.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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